Realm · approximate borders · 420–623
Vishnukundina kingdom
Coastal Andhra between the Krishna and the Godavari, with Nalgonda and the Guntur country taken from the Ananda Gotrikas. Dated c.
420–624, ended by Pulakeshin II's conquest of Vengi.
See Vishnukundina kingdom on the map in 555
- On the map
- 420–623
- Capital
- Indrapalanagara (Nalgonda) according to some historians, then Denduluru near Eluru; also Amaravati
Rulers named in the sources
- Govinda Varma I early 5th century
- Madhava Varma I c. 420–455
- Madhava Varma II c. 440–460 (dates overlap in the sources)
- Vikramendra Varma I later 5th century
South Asian kingdoms to 1000 CE
Kingdoms of South Asia before 1000 CE: the Western Gangas of Karnataka, the Licchavis of Nepal, Zhangzhung in Western Tibet, the Hindu Shahis, the kingdoms of Sindh and Multan, the Vishnukundinas and Eastern Chalukyas of Andhra, the Kalachuris, the Chera Perumals, the dynasties of Odisha and Dakshina Kosala, the Later Guptas, the Ikshvakus of Vijayapuri and Porus.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Western Ganga dynasty
- Wikipedia: Licchavi (kingdom)
- Wikipedia: Zhangzhung
- Wikipedia: Hindu Shahis
- Wikipedia: Emirate of Multan
- Wikipedia: Rai dynasty
- Wikipedia: Brahmin dynasty of Sindh
- Wikipedia: Vishnukundina dynasty
- Wikipedia: Eastern Chalukyas
- Wikipedia: Kalachuris of Tripuri
- Wikipedia: Chera Perumals of Makotai
- Wikipedia: Eastern Ganga dynasty
- Wikipedia: Shailodbhava dynasty
- Wikipedia: Bhauma-Kara dynasty
- Wikipedia: Somavamshi dynasty
- Wikipedia: Sharabhapuriya dynasty
- Wikipedia: Panduvamshis of Dakshina Kosala
- Wikipedia: Later Gupta dynasty
- Wikipedia: Kalachuris of Mahishmati
- Wikipedia: Andhra Ikshvaku
- Wikipedia: Porus
- Schwartzberg, A Historical Atlas of South Asia (1978), plate III.D.2: South Asia in the age of Pusyabhuti and Calukyan ascendancy, c. 550-700 (DSAL)
- Schwartzberg, A Historical Atlas of South Asia: The Gupta-Vakataka age, c. 300-500 (DSAL)
- Schwartzberg, A Historical Atlas of South Asia: The age of the Gurjara-Pratiharas, Palas and Rastrakutas, c. 700-975 (DSAL)
- Wikimedia Commons: Western-ganga-empire-map.svg (core Western Ganga territory)
- R. C. Majumdar (ed.), The Classical Age (History and Culture of the Indian People, vol. 3), archive.org
- R. C. Majumdar (ed.), The Age of Imperial Kanauj (History and Culture of the Indian People, vol. 4), archive.org